is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

located in

Shiga Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan in the Kansai region of Honshu. Shiga Prefecture has a population of 1,398,972 as of 1 February 2025 and has a geographic area of . Shiga Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the north, Gifu Prefecture to th ...

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

. As of 2003, the district has an estimated

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of 34,262 and a

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of 325.07 persons per km². The total area is 105.40 km².

Towns and villages

Current town

* Aishō

Former towns

* Aitō * Echigawa * Hatashō * Kotō

Mergers

*On February 11, 2005 the towns of Aitō and Kotō merged with the towns of

Eigenji is a Buddhist temples in Japan, Buddhist temple in the Eigenji-Takano neighborhood of the city of Higashiōmi, Shiga, Higashiōmi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It is the head temple of one of the 14 autonomous branches of the Rinzai school of Japane ...

and Gokashō, both from Kanzaki District, and the old city of Yōkaichi, to form the new city of

Higashiōmi is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 113,229 in 45771 households and a population density of 290 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Higashiōmi is located in east-centr ...

. *On February 26, 2006 the towns of Echigawa and Hatashō merged to form the new town of Aishō.

References

Districts in Shiga Prefecture {{Shiga-geo-stub